![]() ![]() She is found dead by strangulation eight days later, though police fail to connect her murder to BTK at the time. "How many people do I have to kill before I get my name in the paper or some national attention?" he writes, before reeling off a list of suggested nicknames, including "The BTK Strangler," "The Wichita Hangman" and "The Asphyxiator."Īpril 27, 1985: Rader's neighbor is strangledĪfter an evening of bingo and dinner with her boyfriend, 53-year-old Marine Hedge is taken from her home in the Wichita suburb of Park City, just down the street from Rader's house. ![]() February 10, 1978: The BTK threat is made public after another letterĪpparently angered by the lack of response to his last attempt, the killer sends a more direct message to Wichita-based KAKE-TV. The Wichita Eagle receives an index card imprinted with a poem that begins with "Shirley Locks, Shirley Locks, wilt thou be mine." Unaware of the connection to Shirley Vian, and believing it to be a Valentine's Day note, the mail clerk forwards the card to the paper's classified department. ![]() January 31, 1978: The killer reaches out with a poem "You will find a homicide at 843 South Pershing," he bluntly tells the 911 dispatcher. December 8, 1977: BTK reports his next victimĪfter binding and strangling 25-year-old Nancy Fox, Rader heads to a pay phone to point police to his handiwork. ![]()
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